Thursday, April 15, 1999 Published at 12:50 GMT 13:50 UKUK PoliticsCook damns Belgrade's 'crocodile tears'More than 60 refugees died in the air strikesSerb leaders in Belgrade are crying "crocodile tears" for refugees who may have been killed in Nato air strikes, UK Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has said.

More than 60 refugees in are reported to have died in an attack on Wednesday in southern Kosovo.

Nato has confirmed its preliminary investigations show a bomb dropped from an allied aircraft hit a civilian vehicle travelling in a convoy.

"Serb police or military vehicles may have been in or
around the convoy," it said in a statement. "Nato has no way of knowing the number of casualties caused by the incident."

The foreign secretary said RAF planes had not taken part in strikes against moving targets on Wednesday.

But he poured scorn on criticism of Nato from the Serbian military.

"If Nato planes were responsible for civilian loss of life, that is something that will cause us deep concern," the foreign secretary said.

"But I have to say that I will not accept the criticism that has been emanating loudly from Belgrade, from the people who organised the mass ethnic cleansing of Kosovo, who have caused thousands of civilian deaths in Kosovo."